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Close Up Of A Total Solar Eclipse
A solar eclipse. The total eclipse is caused when the sun, moon and earth align. Illustration.
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Guillermo Gonzalez
July 29, 2024
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Astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez Reads His Solar Eclipse Poem “Totality”

Guillermo Gonzalez
July 29, 2024
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On this episode, host Andrew McDiarmid welcomes astrophysicist Guillermo Gonzalez back to the program to read and discuss his poem "Totality: A Celestial Theater," written to commemorate the total solar eclipse that occurred in April 2024. You may already be familiar with Gonzalez's popular book The Privileged Planet, co-authored with Dr. Jay Richards, unpacking the arguments for our privileged place in the cosmos. You might also have heard about his new young adult novel The Farm at the Center of the Universe, co-written with Dr. Jonathan Witt. But you likely didn't know this accomplished scientist and author is also a poet! Listen as Gonzalez discusses and then reads his poem aloud. Read More ›
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Bruce Chapman and George Gilder
July 29, 2024
Economics
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An Interview with George Gilder Asks, Can You Pass the Israel Test?

Bruce Chapman and George Gilder
July 29, 2024
Economics
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Anti-Israel protests in universities, antisemite propaganda on social media and riots in American cities have given shocking new force to old prejudices about Jews and Israel. In The Israel Test, newly revised and republished by Encounter Books, George Gilder answers the antisemites, and explains the meaning of Israel as the most economically dynamic, democratic and pro-Western state in the Middle East — and a crucial US economic and defense ally. Read More ›
The flooded streets of the city of Kherson after the explosion of the dam of the Kakhovka reservoir. Ecological catastrophe in Ukraine. Russian-Ukrainian war. Exclusive drone footage
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Wesley J. Smith
July 29, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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No, Putin Should Not Be Charged With the ‘Crime’ of ‘Ecocide’

Wesley J. Smith
July 29, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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Vladimir Putin is a war criminal of the worst order for his atrocities against Ukraine. He is responsible for human carnage, the deaths and terrible woundings of hundreds of thousands of people — from soldiers to civilians and even children killed in hospitals where they were receiving medical treatment. But . . . should he ever be called to so face the music, he should not be charged with "ecocide." Read More ›
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Center on Wealth & Poverty
July 26, 2024
Economics
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An Interview with George Gilder Asks, Can You Pass the Israel Test?

Center on Wealth & Poverty
July 26, 2024
Economics
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In The Israel Test, newly revised and republished by Encounter Books, George Gilder answers the antisemites, and explains the meaning of Israel as the most economically dynamic, democratic and pro-Western state in the Middle East—and a crucial US economic and defense ally. Bruce Chapman and George Gilder discuss. Read More ›
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Marvin Olasky
July 26, 2024
Homelessness
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The Foster-Care-to-Homelessness Pipeline

Marvin Olasky
July 26, 2024
Homelessness
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Earlier this month I wrote about the regular Wednesday dinners for unhoused humans at the University Avenue church. This week I'll write about a Friday night fundraising dinner in a church gym four miles further north. The beneficiary: Safe Families for Children of Austin — one of a hundred Safe Family chapters in 30 states that try to keep children from having the traumatic experiences that contribute to the psychology of homelessness. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
July 25, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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Science Journal Swoons Over Kamala

Wesley J. Smith
July 25, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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These days, scientific and medical journals are seemingly as much ideological — on the left — as scientific. Nature — perhaps the preeminent science journal in the world — has posted a piece swooning over Vice President Kamala Harris as a "historic" presumptive presidential nominee stirring "optimism" among scientists. Why? Read More ›
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Casey Luskin
July 24, 2024
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Can AI Help Us Assess Neo-Darwinism?

Casey Luskin
July 24, 2024
2
Can artificial intelligence be applied to the scientific theory of Darwinian evolution to help us evaluate its strengths and weaknesses? On this episode of ID The Future, host Casey Luskin concludes his conversation with two distinguished PhD scientists who are asking tough questions of Neo-Darwinism: Olen Brown, Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Missouri, and David Hullender, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Texas, Arlington. In Part 2, Luskin discusses the latest paper from Brown and Hullender arguing that AI has strong but unrealized potential both for assessing and also solving major problems with the prevailing naturalistic account of life's origins. This is Part 2 of a two-part conversation. Read More ›